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UNiTnn STATES PATENT Ormea.

OTTO A. LEHMAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CLASP FOR SATCHELS AND POCKET-BOOKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338.351, dated March 23, 1886.

Application filed January 1G, 1886. Serial No. 183,70.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTfro A. LEHMAN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Olasps for Satchels and Pocket-Books, of which the following is a spcciication.

My invention relates to clasps which are employed upon the two parallel portions of the frames of satchels and pocket-books, for holding them in secure engagement to close the Satchel or pocket-book, and which may be readily nnfastened.

The object of the'invention is to provide a very simple clasp which will project but little from the frame, whether it be open or closed, and which, when pivoted to one portion ofthe frame, may engage directly with the other portion thereof without the employment of any knobs or analogous projections upon the last-mentioned frame portion.

The invention consists, essentially, in the combination, with two parallel frame portions of a satchel or pocket-book frame, of a clasp consisting of a hook pivoted to one frame portion and engaging directly with the other frameportion, the hook having its beak curved inward and rearward relatively to the Shank, so that its point or outer extremity will pass beyond the point in the frame portion with which it engages, which is most distant in a direct line from the pivot of the hook.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a transverse section of two parallel frame portions of a Satchel or pocket-book frame which are connected by my improved clasp, the clasp being shown as adjusted to a position to close the Satchel or pocketbook. Fig. 2 is a Similar sectional view, the clasp being adj usted to its open position, so that the Satchel or pocketbook may be opened; and Fig. 3 is a plan of theparallel frame portions and the clasp, showing the latter in its unfastened position, as in Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in the several gures.

A A designate the parallel bars or portions of the Satchel or pocket-book frame, which are commonly made of sheet or plate metal bent into proper form, and which are here repre- (No model.)

sented as approximately circular in transverse section.

B designates the clasp, which consists of a hook pivoted tothe frame portion A, so that it may be readily swung back into the open position Shown in Figs. 2 and 3, or pushed over and downward into engagement with the frame portion A, as shown in Fig. l.

As here represented, the frame portion A is provided with small knobs or projections a, which form bearings for the pivot ofthe hooked clasp B, and the Said clasp engages directly withtheoppositeframeportion,A. Thebeak of the hook B is curved inward andV rearward relatively to the shank, so that the point or extremity ofthe hook will,when pressed downward into engagement with the frame portion A', pass somewhat beyond the point in the frame portion A which is most distant in a direct line from the pivot of the hook.

I have in Fig.1 shown a dotted line, s, which passes through the pivot of the hook and the point in the frame portion A which is most distant therefrom, and, as also shown in Fig. l, the point or extremity of the hook passes downward and inward beyond Such point.

The clasp may be very Slightly elastic, or there may be provided in the clasps and in the pivotal attachment tothe frame portion A a Sufficient amount ot' give77 or yield7 to enable the point or extremity of the hook to pass into secure engagement with the frame portion A.

This clasp is very simple in construct-ion. It may be easily manipulated to open or close the Satchel or pocket-book to which it is applied, and will hold the parallel portions A A in Secure engagement. It projects but little from the frame portions A A, whether it be opened or closed, and is therefore not liable to catch upon any article of dress or elsewhere. Vhen the point or extremity of the hook or the frame portion A becomes slightly worn by frictional contact, the hook may be bent inward slightly, so as to still hold the Satchel or pocketbook tightly closed.

I have shown the hook B as provided with a knob or hand-piece, b, whereby it may be operated in opening and closing the Satchel or pocketbook.

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What I claim as inyinvention, and desire to so that its point or outer extremity will pass secure by Letters Patent, is beyond the pointin the frame portion A which 1o The combination, with two parallel frame is most distant in a direct line from the pivot portions, A A, of a, Satchel or pocketbook of the hook, substantially as herein described. 5 frame, of a clasp consisting of a hook pivoted to OTT() A. LEHMAN.

the portion A and engaging directly with the Vitnesses:

portion A', the hook having its beak curved FREDK. HAYNES, inward and rearward relatively to the shank, EMIL HERTER. 

